FAST keeps pressure on government in piracy fight

The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) is pitching up at Parliament tomorrow as it looks
to keep the pressure on the government in the fight against software piracy.

The lobby group is joining other technology and legal experts to discuss
how intellectual property can be defended by law in an era where cloud computing is blurring the
boundaries.

Although the government has been proactive in trying to improve the defence of intellectual
property in the UK technology continues to march on making it difficult for legal responses to keep
up.

“This is no doubt an exciting time in IP. Technology marches on a pace. 2013 promises to yield
some real gains in the fight against software piracy, with the government’s recently announced
plans to strengthen enforcement and provide additional support to SMEs in the protection of their
IP," said Julian Heathcote Hobbins, general counsel at FAST.

"The anti-piracy war is yet to be won but considerable effort remains focused. This will shed
much needed light on pertinent issues to the sector and provide valuable insight into the year
ahead," he added.

As well as representatives from FAST the event, hosted by Fiona Bruce MP, will also see
contributions from the Cloud Industry Forum and Pete Wishart MP and His Honour Judge Colin Birss
QC.

This week, IndependenceIT unveiled the 4.0 version of Cloud Workspace Suite, which features a number of enhancements; Knowledge Vault launched a partner program for its cloud-based analytics-as-a-service platform; and more.

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